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Europe goes to Venus

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About Venus

Venusian geography The surface Acid clouds and lightning Greenhouse effect, clouds and winds Venus compared to Earth

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International collaboration Project Manager: An interview with Don McCoy Project Scientist: An interview with Håkan Svedhem Launch Campaign Manager: An interview with Michael Witting Spacecraft Operations Manager: An interview with Andrea Accomazzo Venus Express Flight Control Team Principal Investigators

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ESA extends missions studying Mars, Venus and Earth’s magnetosphere

10 February 2009

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Artist's impression of Mars Express

Credits: Alex Lutkus

Venus Express — lifting the veil on Venus

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Venus Express is studying largely unknown phenomena in the Venusian atmosphere like never before. Its suite of instruments is also digging into the interaction between the solar wind and the planetary environment. In addition, the mission is gathering glimpses of the planet's surface, which is strictly coupled with its dense atmosphere.

Credits: ESA (Image by AOES Medialab)

Cluster — the Sun-Earth connection in focus

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Artist's impression of the Cluster constellation.

ESA's mission Cluster consists of four identical spacecraft flying in formation between 19 000 and 119 000 km above the Earth. They study the interaction between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere, or the Sun-Earth connection in 3D.

Credits: ESA

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